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LAKMÉ
R2.0
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ware.
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available for inspection, the right to claim can be forfeited.
Installation
This section depicts how to assemble and connect the LAKMÉ louds-
peaker.
To identify a proper location for the installation of your LAKMÉ, please
refer to the Room Placement section of this manual or follow the re-
commendations of your dealer.
Once the speakers are properly installed, connect them to the am-
plifier using quality speaker cables. Make sure that the polarities are
respected at both ends and that your cables are installed in the proper
direction. The positive input is identified by either the (+) sign or red
connector and the negative input is identified by either the (-) sign or
the black connector located on the connector plate.
For vacuum tube equipment that has multiple output impedance taps,
the eight-ohm taps should provide the best interface with the LAKMÉ.
Floor Isolating Tripod
Your LAKMÉ loudspeakers sits on top of a floor isolation tripod which
improves their acoustic performance by controlling undesired stray
energy. Your floor isolation tripod contains special materials that act as
an acoustic resonator and filter. It rests on three adjustable cushioned
feet for stability and leveling.
Once the speaker lies on the floor, it is best to level it by properly
adjusting the three feet. No tool is required: simply rotate clockwise
or counter-clockwise the knurled section of each feet. Each foot can
be adjusted individually, which allows you to level the unit even if it
stands on an uneven floor. We recommend you use a level to make
sure the unit is properly aligned.
The feet of the floor isolation stand are cushioned, allowing you to ea-
sily slide your LAKMÉ around your listening room by gently pushing or
pulling them. Do not do it from the top, as the speaker might tip over.
Push it from the base instead. Unlike the spikes that are the industry
standard, the cushioned feet of Verity floor isolation stand do not da-
mage floors and allow you to easily and quickly move your loudspea-
kers. You can thus easily adjust the placement of your speakers inside
your listening room or move them around if need be.
Please note that a unit may no longer be leveled after it is moved.
For your speakers to deliver their best performance, we recommend
that you double-check whether your unit remains leveled after being
moved, then adjust the feet of the floor isolation stand to restore the
proper alignment if necessary.
VERITY AUDIO
Room Placement
Indoors, acoustic intelligibility is of great concern for a variety of rea-
sons. It requires low background noise levels and "good" acoustical
design. In any room, the reverberant sound pressure level increases as
the acoustic power increases and decreases as sound absorption in the
room increases and / or sound power flows from the room. The sound
field in a room is composed of two parts, the direct field and the re-
verberant field.
The complex theories of physical acoustics, the uncertainties in predic-
ting the property variations of both natural and manufactured room
materials, and the none negligible effects of painting, sealing, bracing,
furring, and draping all keep the specification and prediction of room
acoustics from being an exact science. Adding together, loudspeaker
characteristics, the auditory personal taste and ergonomics make, by
practical means, the equation impossible to solve. The frequent need
to evaluate the final result by listening rather than by purely quantita-
tive methods gives acoustical tuning a somewhat subjective aspect.
Nevertheless, knowing what the LAKMÉ is capable of doing will be
your major asset in establishing the best setup for your loudspeaker.
Here are a few simple rules that will guide you. A good setup will give
you fast transients from the bottom end to top-end, proper image
height and a wide and deep soundstage.
Having that in mind, the following guidelines are based on our own
experience with the LAKMÉ. We recommend that you start with these
and later on (after getting familiar with your LAKMÉ) bring your own
modifications that will optimize your setup.
First, the distance from the rear wall to the speaker woofer (dust-cap
center) should be equaled to the length of your room multiplied by
0.1459. Then the distance from the side wall to the speaker woofer
(dust-cap center) should be equaled to the width of your room multi-
plied by 0.1459. Finally, your listening position should be width-cente-
red and the distance from the rear wall to your ears should be equaled
to the length of your room multiplied by either 0.1459, 0.2360 or
0.3819.
Note that the above method should be considered as a rudimentary
guideline. Loudspeaker room placement is an art in itself and the best
setup will most likely require trials and errors . For best results, we
simply recommend that you contact Verity Audio (info@verityaudio.
com) and ask for advice. Our acousticians are knowledgable and will
propose a few loudspeaker placements according to your room spe-
cifications and restrictions. We have been helping our customers for
years in finding the best location for their loudspeakers. Please note
that there is no distance limitation with the rear woofer and back wall,
simply make sure that the vent clearance is more than 8-inches.
We suggest that you start with the speakers aligned directly at you.
Then open them (angle increase) slowly until you get the best sounds-
tage without losing too much center-stage definition. In most cases,
the left speaker should be aligned toward your left shoulder and the
right speaker should be aligned toward your right shoulder. Opening
them will improve your image width and closing them will improve
your image center definition.
OWNER'S MANUAL
June 2020
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